It is important to continue to allow individual investors to freely invest in inverse and leveraged ETF's and similar. Although it may be true that uninformed investors may cause great harm to themselves because the do not understand, the brokerage industry has provided significant notices and warnings to investors of the potential negative results of their decisions. As always, "caveat emptor" is the rule for all investment purchases, with the lack of understanding a liability of the investor, not the investment.
Mark Walch Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
It is important to continue to allow individual investors to freely invest in inverse and leveraged ETF's and similar. Although it may be true that uninformed investors may cause great harm to themselves because the do not understand, the brokerage industry has provided significant notices and warnings to investors of the potential negative results of their decisions. As always, "caveat emptor" is the rule for all investment purchases, with the lack of understanding a liability of the investor, not the investment.